ENGLISH 2383x1
RESTORATION AND EARLY Eighteenth-century literature
Slot
We will explore the work of writers, both women and men, from 1660 until the 1730s. Side-glances at the impact these works have made on more recent literature will be a feature of the course.
Texts:
Aphra Behn, Oroonoko (1688) Penguin Classics
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719) Broadview Edition (2010)
J.M. Coetzee, Foe (1986) (King Penguin)
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels (1726) World’s Classics
George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) On line text: http://www.george-orwell.org/Animal_Farm/index.html
Audio version read by Bill Nighy:
http://www.archive.org/details/GeorgeOrwellsanimalFarmRadioAudio
George Orwell's essay "Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels" on line at George Orwell: Politics vs. Literature - An examination of Gullivers travels
John Gay The Beggar’s Opera (1728) Penguin
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Embassy Letters (1763) Virago
Matthew Prior, “An Epitaph” (1718), distributed by the instructor.